Patents by Inventor Martin Chapman
Martin Chapman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20170208072Abstract: A communication system maintains a list of contacts of a first user, being other users who have been accepted by the first user as contacts, and who are thereby granted one or more permissions in relation to communicating with the first user via the communication system, these being permissions not being granted to any of said other users who are not contacts. At the first user's terminal, a conversation area is presented in the UI, including a messaging field allowing the first user to send content as part of a two-way conversation. According to the present disclosure, when the first user receives a contact request from a second user who is not yet a contact, the contact request comprises a message to the first user. Further, if the first user replies to this message through the messaging field in the conversation area, the contact request is automatically accepted.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2016Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Felicity S. Herst, Martin Chapman
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Publication number: 20150288641Abstract: Exemplary system, method, software and apparatus embodiments provide for creating a content-based notification for a mobile device, as a simulated push operation, for devices which do not have push capability. The system comprises a database, a server, and may also include a second web server for user account configuration. The database is adapted to store user account configuration and preference information. The server is adapted to receive a first message having a first protocol, such as SMTP, and to determine whether the content-based notification for the first message should be provided. When the content-based notification is to be provided, the server is adapted to extract a subset of information from the first message, and using the subset of information, to create a second message having a second, different protocol, such as SMS.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: John Davies, Martin Chapman
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Patent number: 9077673Abstract: Exemplary system, method, software and apparatus embodiments provide for creating a content-based notification for a mobile device, as a simulated push operation, for devices which do not have push capability. The system comprises a database, a server, and may also include a second web server for user account configuration. The database is adapted to store user account configuration and preference information. The server is adapted to receive a first message having a first protocol, such as SMTP, and to determine whether the content-based notification for the first message should be provided. When the content-based notification is to be provided, the server is adapted to extract a subset of information from the first message, and using the subset of information, to create a second message having a second, different protocol, such as SMS.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2014Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: Rockliffe SystemsInventors: John Davies, Martin Chapman
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Publication number: 20150081812Abstract: Exemplary system, method, software and apparatus embodiments provide for creating a content-based notification for a mobile device, as a simulated push operation, for devices which do not have push capability. The system comprises a database, a server, and may also include a second web server for user account configuration. The database is adapted to store user account configuration and preference information. The server is adapted to receive a first message having a first protocol, such as SMTP, and to determine whether the content-based notification for the first message should be provided. When the content-based notification is to be provided, the server is adapted to extract a subset of information from the first message, and using the subset of information, to create a second message having a second, different protocol, such as SMS.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: Rockliffe SystemsInventors: John Davies, Martin Chapman
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Patent number: 8428604Abstract: Exemplary system, method, software and apparatus embodiments provide for creating a content-based notification for a mobile device, as a simulated push operation, for devices which do not have push capability. The system comprises a database, a server, and may also include a second web server for user account configuration. The database is adapted to store user account configuration and preference information. The server is adapted to receive a first message having a first protocol, such as SMTP, and to determine whether the content-based notification for the first message should be provided. When the content-based notification is to be provided, the server is adapted to extract a subset of information from the first message, and using the subset of information, to create a second message having a second, different protocol, such as SMS.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2009Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Rockliffe SystemsInventors: John Davies, Martin Chapman
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Patent number: 8051404Abstract: A method of developing software capable of performing a task, the task comprising at least one task step required to perform the task. The task step has a resultant effect. The method comprises recording a use case comprising one or more scenarios, that comprise one of more further steps; recording the scenario or one of the scenarios as a main success scenarios such that the resultant effect of the main success scenario is the same as the resultant effect of the task step. Use cases which have been stripped of context-specific information may be re-used. Such information may be included in a reference to the re-used use case.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2001Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Micro Focus (IP) LimitedInventors: Fergal McGovern, Martin Chapman, Garrett Conaty, Philip Head, Michael Hogan
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Publication number: 20090265763Abstract: Exemplary system, method, software and apparatus embodiments provide for creating a content-based notification for a mobile device, as a simulated push operation, for devices which do not have push capability. The system comprises a database, a server, and may also include a second web server for user account configuration. The database is adapted to store user account configuration and preference information. The server is adapted to receive a first message having a first protocol, such as SMTP, and to determine whether the content-based notification for the first message should be provided. When the content-based notification is to be provided, the server is adapted to extract a subset of information from the first message, and using the subset of information, to create a second message having a second, different protocol, such as SMS.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2009Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicant: Rockliffe SystemsInventors: John Davies, Martin Chapman
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Patent number: 7532890Abstract: Exemplary system, method, software and apparatus embodiments provide for creating a content-based notification for a mobile device, as a simulated push operation, for devices which do not have push capability. The system comprises a database, a server, and may also include a second web server for user account configuration. The database is adapted to store user account configuration and preference information. The server is adapted to receive a first message having a first protocol, such as SMTP, and to determine whether the content-based notification for the first message should be provided. When the content-based notification is to be provided, the server is adapted to extract a subset of information from the first message, and using the subset of information, to create a second message having a second, different protocol, such as SMS.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2005Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Rockliffe SystemsInventors: John Davies, Martin Chapman
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Publication number: 20080269188Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining variable response to statin therapy in patients afflicted with or susceptible to develop cardiovascular diseases, hypercholesterolemia, Diabetes and metabolic disorders involving high baseline plasma lipid level such as high LDL-C level, comprising detecting the presence or absence of the Pro 155T hr (C463A) variant in the Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptide-C(OATP-C) gene, wherein the presence of said variant is indicative of superior response to statin therapy. It also concerns tailored treatment of different populations of patients according to the Pro155Thr (C463A) variant genotype.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2005Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicant: INSERMInventors: John Martin Chapman, Philippe Giral, Alain Carrie, Sylvie Dejager, Eric Bruckert
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Publication number: 20060224750Abstract: Exemplary system, method, software and apparatus embodiments provide for creating a content-based notification for a mobile device, as a simulated push operation, for devices which do not have push capability. The system comprises a database, a server, and may also include a second web server for user account configuration. The database is adapted to store user account configuration and preference information. The server is adapted to receive a first message having a first protocol, such as SMTP, and to determine whether the content-based notification for the first message should be provided. When the content-based notification is to be provided, the server is adapted to extract a subset of information from the first message, and using the subset of information, to create a second message having a second, different protocol, such as SMS.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2005Publication date: October 5, 2006Applicant: Rockliffe SystemsInventors: John Davies, Martin Chapman
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Publication number: 20050279443Abstract: A method and apparatus for balancing a tire during a retreading operation includes measuring the radial runout the buffed tire casing and applying the gum layer and tread strip to compensate for variances in runout. The gum layer is applied so that an overlap or smear is formed at the relative low portion of the casing. The tread strip is applied with the joint at the same low portion in cases where the low portion has a relatively large variance, or at another location if the variance is small or other low portions exist. In addition, the thickness of the gum layer and tread strip may be controlled for further compensation of the runout variance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2005Publication date: December 22, 2005Inventors: Martin Chapman, David Pressley, Jean-Jacques Chateau
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Publication number: 20050125769Abstract: A method of developing software capable of performing a task is disclosed. The task comprises at least one task step required to perform the task. The task step has a resultant effect. The method comprises: recording a use case comprising one or more scenarios, the or each scenario comprising one or more further steps; recording said scenario or one of said scenarios as a main success scenario such that the resultant effect of said main success scenario is the same as the resultant effect of said task step. Also disclose is the re-use of use cases which have been stripped of context-specific information. Such information may be included in a reference to the re-used use case.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2001Publication date: June 9, 2005Applicant: Steel Trace LimitedInventors: Fergal McGovern, Martin Chapman, Garrett Conaty, Philip Head, Michael Hogan
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Patent number: 5869288Abstract: Four cockroach allergens are purified, described, characterized and sequenced. The nucleotide sequence responsible for expression of the allergen, and the amino acid sequence thereof, are set forth. These allergens induce IgE antibody binding, which may generate an allergic or asthmatic response in sensitive individuals. The allergens are expressed by one of the dominant cockroach strains in the United States, B. germanica. Sequence analysis allows classification of the allergens in major protein classifications.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 1996Date of Patent: February 9, 1999Assignee: The University of Virginia Patent FoundationInventors: Martin Chapman, L. Karla Arruda
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Patent number: 4736975Abstract: A sling for loading and unloading several palletized loads simultaneously comprises two pairs of spreader bars each having a plurality of teeth extending perpendicularly with respect to an elongate dimension of the respective spreader bar. The spreader bars are suspended by pairs of cables from a rectangular frame in turn supported by a plurality of support cables. The spreader bars are carried by the suspension cables so that the teeth project upwardly and inwardly from the respective spreader bar towards the associated bar of the respective pair.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 1986Date of Patent: April 12, 1988Assignee: Nabisco Brands, Inc.Inventors: Louis H. Perez, John E. Moore, Timothy Poe, Martin Chapman, Charles W. Stowe, Jr.